We first heard of Samsung`s decision to end its annual Note release cadence with the mid-2021 release cycle all the way back in November, just a few months after the release of the superlative and well-received Note 20 Ultra. That it might be Samsung`s last, the reports said, would see the series ending on a high, um, note.
A few weeks later, Samsung sorta-kinda walked back the rumor when it said that the Note line isn`t dead, fueling yet another news cycle around a potential non-flagship Note or, perhaps, S Pen support built into other products. This turned out to be correct, too, since the S21 Ultra debuted in February with stylus support, and the latest rumors point to the same inclusion on the Z Fold 3.
It`s weird not expecting a Note this year. I`ve been covering Samsung`s bi-annual launches since they began, and the one-two punch of the S line in February and the Note line in August was comforting in a weird, everything-is-a-product sense. The way Samsung always tried to one-...
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